Show DOCTORS SONS WIN RENOWN they aro are brought forward as of the progeny of both farmer ers and ministers at last a rival to the farmer and this th minister in the role of famous fatherhood or fatherhood of the famous la Is brought forward the new york evening sun observes the changes have been rung on the parentage of men like the two chief candidates for the presidency la in the recent election an and d of other lenders leaders but it remained tor for william browning writing in the medical record to contend that among eminent personages a large number were sons of physicians there Is food tor for thought in this and as the author gravely prophesies stes the more science of history may yet find end activators he illustrates lu his theory by a list of af the men about lincoln in the civil war var times the vice president dent secretary of state secretary of war speaker of the tha house and the organizer of the tha union forces mcclellan were all doctors sons in the same group we find and david davis the close friend and adviser of lincoln john ray hay his private secretary stephen A douglas his leading opponent in the contests before the war exactly what part in the preparation of these leaders for high station their fathers nay may have taken we are not informed but a good case might be made out of clear thinking related to prompt action and of unselfish devotion to the needs of the public it may be said that the old fashioned family physician was away from home a good deal but certainly his character might well make a deeper impression on the children than the repeated precepts of a man of another type |